Robert B. Parker's The Bitterest Pill
Reeks: A Jesse Stone Novel
Reed Farrel Coleman
- The
- opioid
- epidemic
- has
- reached
- Paradise,
- and
- Police
- Chief
- Jesse
- Stone
- must
- rush
- to
- stop
- the
- devastation
- in
- the
- latest
- thriller
- in
- Robert
- B.
- Parker's
- New
- York
- Times-bestselling
- series.When
- a
- popular
- high
- school
- cheerleader
- dies
- of
- a
- suspected
- heroin
- overdose,
- it
- becomes
- clear
- that
- the
- opioid
- epidemic
- has
- spread
- even
- to
- the
- idyllic
- town
- of
- Paradise.
- It
- will
- be
- up
- to
- police
- chief
- Jesse
- Stone
- to
- unravel
- the
- supply
- chain
- and
- unmask
- the
- criminals
- behind
- it,
- and
- the
- investigation
- has
- a
- clear
- epicenter:
- Paradise
- High
- School.
- Home
- of
- the
- town's
- best
- and
- brightest
- future
- leaders
- and
- its
- most
- vulnerable
- down-and-out
- teens,
- it's
- a
- rich
- and
- bottomless
- market
- for
- dealers
- out
- of
- Boston
- looking
- to
- expand
- into
- the
- suburbs.But
- when
- it
- comes
- to
- drugs,
- the
- very
- people
- Jesse
- is
- trying
- to
- protect
- are
- often
- those
- with
- the
- most
- to
- lose.
- As
- he
- digs
- deeper
- into
- the
- case,
- he
- finds
- himself
- battling
- self-interested
- administrators,
- reluctant
- teachers,
- distrustful
- schoolkids,
- and
- overprotective
- parents
- .
- .
- .
- and
- at
- the
- end
- of
- the
- line
- are
- the
- true
- bad
- guys,
- the
- ones
- with
- a
- lucrative
- business
- they'd
- kill
- to protect.
